pcarfan944

This afternoon I came out to a flat passenger side front tire. Almost completely flat down to the rim. Funny, last night I got home at midnight and it was perfect. So I pumped air back into it, visually inspected everything and couldn't see or hear a leak, so I left it. Sure enough here we are about 3 hours later and it doesn't look like anything has changed. What the heck?

Yabo

it will take a tire at least -10psi to really notice anything by llooking at it, then it will start to sag more noticeably.

Although there is the possiblity that it was just a rim seal leak and tire seated better now. could have also been dirt in the valve

89PorscheTurboMobile

OR

Someone was trying to kill you and drained it..

944_S_TYPE

actually, I think the car is just waiting until it is raining and you are far from an air source....then it will deflate for you.

nine-44

This sounds more like reality and my experience.

TaylorSea4

Temperature drop? Either way, you can't always hear or see small pinhole leaks. If you have a washtub or even just a big plastic bin, you can do your own bubble-test. I tend to agree with what's been said. Murphy's Law says it'll only happen when ya least need it to...

nine-44

wet the tire down and put a bunch of dish soap on a rag and rub it down. Always worked for me.

pcarfan944

Alright we were all wrong. No magic, just a hole in my tire. I just checked on it and it was flat as a pancake again. Thats ok because I was actually planning on getting new tires this Wednesday anyway. My tire place is about a 15 to 20 minute drive, the biggest deal for me right now is should I risk driving there? It seems like a small leak, but maybe driving will aggravate the problem and stand me on the side of the road.

What would you do.... risk it and drive or bust your butt putting the original spare on in the 15 degree weather that your not even sure holds air. I suppose a can of fix-a-flat might work long enough to get me there.

Hmm...decisions, decisions..

Peckster

Actually, I think Devon was right.

What has Rennlist come to that people are posting about flat tires?

The sad thing is that I'm reading it...and posting about it!!!

The horror.

TaylorSea4

Pat, go with fix-a-flat, but prepare to tip your tire changing guy. That crap makes more of a mess than a 2 year old kid on a sugar high. Dude, we really ARE posting about flat tires. Wow.

pcarfan944

wow, sorry to bring rennlsit to an all time low. Sorry to waste your time about flat tires.

Porsche-O-Phile

Fix-a-flat will throw off your balancing if you don't drive on it immediately until it cures and will only prolong the inevitable. Get the tire patched or replaced as soon as you're able. Trust me.

It makes a HECK of a mess, too.

Dave951M

Get the tire replaced and don't use the FixaFlat playdough.

shmucklebuckle

Yah, I would just fill it up and drive straight there. If it took over 3 hours to go down, and the place is only 20 minuts away, well, then...